The home of freedom, Washington DC feels like a real city. Not just that but a capital city. The drivers here are just as impatient as you'd imagine, the road system just as complex and buildings just as tall, stout and imposing.
Driving the 4 hours or so from Raleigh we crossed an invisible, but very real, North / South divide. Gone were the Bojangles, Popeyes and other assorted Southern food outlets replaced by more traditional Pizza and Coffee ones. Gone too were the super polite and friend
